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Michael Faraday

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  Michael Faraday, The Father of Electricity Michael Faraday (born Sept. 22, 1791) was a British physicist and chemist who is best known for his discoveries of electromagnetic induction and the laws of electrolysis. His biggest breakthrough in electricity was his invention of the electric motor. Michael Faraday was born in Newington, south London, on September 22, 1791, two years after the French Revolution. He was an autodidact who managed to create great advances for the field of electricity and electromagnetism. In 1824 he entered the Royal Society and the following year was appointed director of the laboratory of the royal institution. By 1833 he was a professor of chemistry at the same institution. He discovered two new carbon chlorides in addition to benzene. Researching new varieties of optical glass, he conducted a series of experiments liquefying common gases. In 1821 he traced the magnetic field around a conductor through which an electric current flows. In 1831, Faraday disc
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Alexander Fleming

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Alexander Fleming, The Father of Penicillin On August 6, 1881, Alexander Fleming was born, a scientist who dedicated his life to research and who, as a result of an oversight, made one of the most important discoveries of medicine: penicillin. This antibiotic that has saved millions of lives also earned him the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945. Joseph Gavaldá The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Scotsman Alexander Fleming is the most important case of serendipity or accidental discovery in history. It all happened when the Scottish scientist went on holiday and forgot a bacterial culture plate where by chance a fungus grew. On his return eureka! he stumbled upon the scientific finding of the century without which Fleming, despite being a brilliant researcher, would have been nothing more than a footnote in the history of medical microbiology. Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881, near Darvelen Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the third of four children born of his father's secon
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